MySpace cyber-bulling conviction tentatively dismissed
July 3, 2009 |13:09 | Gossips | News By : Team X
A federal judge in Los Angeles on Thursday tentatively threw out the conviction of a Missouri woman for her role in a cruel Internet hoax on a teenage girl who ended up committing suicide.
The decision by U.S. District Judge George H. Wu, which will not become final until he files a written ruling, was a blow to prosecutors who had hoped to send the message that cyber-bullying is a crime. Wu had repeatedly delayed sentencing to consider a defense motion to dismiss the entire case.
U.S. Atty. Thomas P. O'Brien, whose office prosecuted the woman, said after the decision was announced that the law needed to be strengthened."We call it cyber-bullying and we don't have a law to address it," he said at a news conference.

Wei, who has also served as VP of Chinese video website LeTV.com, replaces Luo Chuan, who resigned from his position as MySpace China CEO at the end of 2008. 





